ashram
\a.ʃʁam\
The verdict
“ashram” is an uncommon French word, ranked #69,596 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #69,596
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ermitage où les gourous et autres mahatmas vivent loin de l’agitation du monde.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ashram |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʃʁam\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ashram” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ashram is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ʃʁam\. Corpus data places it at rank #69,596 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ashram, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ashram, spelled A-S-H-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1Ermitage où les gourous et autres mahatmas vivent loin de l’agitation du monde.
- 2Communauté de chercheurs spirituels autour d'une autorité spirituelle (principalement dans la tradition indienne ou hindoue).
- 3Dernière phase de la vie selon la tradition védique ; après avoir accompli ses charges familiales, l'homme ou la femme se consacre à la recherche spirituelle (paix intérieure et sagesse), généralement en se retirant du monde, mais aussi en joignant une communauté spirituelle.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ashram”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-S-H-R-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.ʃʁam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.